[SNMP4J] Implementing an agent

[Frank Fock]

Hi,

There JavaDoc is the only documentation
about BaseAgent I know of.
You can use BaseAgent without bootCounter
and config file. But then, you will have
to overwrite the methods as shown below:

     protected int getEngineBoots() {
         // @TODO Add here code to retrieve the agent boot counter. 
Otherwise
         // SNMPv3 security will not work correctly.
         return 0;
     }

     protected void setEngineBoots(int engineBoots) {
         // @TODO Add here code to save the agent boot counter.
     }

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Best regards,
Frank


inliner683 at gmx.de wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am currently developing an agent with SNMP4J. 
> I already have looked at TestAgent.java and have
> implemented an own agent similar to it, having a
> simple MIB just for testing. 
> 
> It seems to me that the documentation is very poor,
> so is there any professional support or other documentation
> (the agent shall be used in production environment!)?
> None of the javadocs make it clear which of 
> of the methods have to be called before starting the agent.
> For example if not calling setAgent(), init() or finishInit() 
> before starting the agent, nothing works and one gets NullpointerExceptions.
> Same goes for the boot-counter and config files. There is a no-arg
> constructor ommitting these parameters, but if using this again NullPointerExceptions
> occur. So setting boot counter and config file is mandatory? Why isn't it written
> in javadoc? Implementing an agent is done by subclassing BaseAgent, but there's
> is no hint what additional steps have to be done (e.g. init, set config files etc.). Does
> any documentation exist which steps have to be taken to implement a minimal working
> agent?
> 
> Thanks.

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